hardware tester

[Carl Karsten]

Daniel Neuenschwander DNE wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Carl Karsten wrote:
> | Daniel Neuenschwander DNE wrote:
> |
> |> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> |> Hash: SHA1
> |>
> |> Carl Karsten wrote:
> |> | One of my text boxes keeps "hanging" during the install, different
> |> | places using the same install.  I am guessing a hardware problem.  I
> |> ran
> |> | memtest, no errors.  Any recomendations on something that will test 
> the
> |> | rest of the hardware?
> |> |
> |> | Carl K
> |> |
> |> what do you mean with "One of my text boxes" ?
> |>
> |
> | Box I am using to test things on, like the Ubuntu install.  It is a
> | e-machine Celeron 400, 128+32 meg ram, 8gig drive, 3com 3c509 nic.
> |
> | I install from the iso image over the lan:
> | http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/LocalNetInstall
> |
> | Carl K
> |
> ok!
> mhm.. I had this problem too, caused due to a crashed cd-rom drive..
> (installation works fine until a point where it was hanging). this
> "freeze" was reproducable.
> 
> burning a new instance of the installing iso fixed the problem.
> 
> don't know if it's helpfull to you, but try it. does the problem appear
> on all machines like you're one?
> 

Same box, but different places in the install, and the last few versions 
of the iso.

What is odd is that 1/2 the time it doesn't lock up the box - I can 
Alt-F2, mount the floppy, copy the log files off, etc.

3.5 hours of memtest, no errors, no freeze.

Carl K